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Katie Marshall

@kemarshall.bsky.social
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Associate Professor, UBC. She/her on Musqueam territory. Managed to get a full-time job in professional bug-freezing.

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Katie Marshall @kemarshall.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
So... anyone have recommendations for Google Maps alternatives?
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Katie Marshall @kemarshall.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Great new article by my former OU colleague Ari Berkowitz: theconversation.com/biological-s...
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Biological sex is neither binary nor a spectrum – a biologist explains how it’s multidimensional
Each person is a mosaic of sex-related and postpubertal biological traits that vary in their degree of femaleness and maleness.
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Science is an international endeavour and for many researchers English is their 2nd or 3rd language, so now JEB encourages you to submit an additional abstract in your own language or that of the region where you performed your research journals.biologists.com/jeb/pages/jo...
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Katie Marshall @kemarshall.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
There's something a bit...ironic..? about being offered an AI summary on an article about how AI useage reduces retention of information.
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Katie Marshall @kemarshall.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Having a great time #sebconference in beautiful Firenze!
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Katie Marshall @kemarshall.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I had the pleasure of meeting Alan last fall when he came to visit @zoology.ubc.ca . Such a tragedy to see his life cut short. journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/... @jexpbiol.bsky.social
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Alan M. Wilson (1964–2026)
Alan Wilson was an intrepid and innovative comparative biologist, who brought his veterinary training and knack for building novel scientific instruments to the fore to study the locomotor biomechanic...
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
It's the first day of the 65th CSZ Annual Meeting #cszscz2026 Don't forget to visit our JEB Editors, Katie Gilmour, Trish Schulte & Graham Scott, @ the Meet the Editors session, 13 May (16:30-18:30) during the posters in the Richcraft Building Atrium 🔁
Postcard advertising the Journal of Experimental Biology Meet the Editors session at the 2026 CSZ Annual Meeting. Top left: Journal of Experimental Biology logo Top right: CSZ 2026 Ottawa logo Below: text saying 'Meet the Editors at cszscz2026, Wednesday 13 May 16:30-18:30 (during the poster session), Richcraft Building Atrium. Below: portraits of Katie Gilmour, Trish Schulte and Graham Scott
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
JEB is proud to sponsor the @csz_sczCSZ 2026 meeting #cszscz2026 in Ottawa, 11-15 May, and has sponsored the CSZ Travel Grants, helping more than 60 ECRs attend the meeting csz2026.ca csz2026.ca/travel-and-c...
The CSZ 2026 Ottawa logo, showing a flying bird with a cricket perched on its shoulders holding a Canadian flag
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Katie Marshall @kemarshall.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I'm sure the various talking heads who complained about "censorship" at universities will be all over this. Any day now... www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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Tyranny at Texas Tech
Academic freedom and the First Amendment must protect the right of anyone to disagree with the government.
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
So this goes full-circle if you really want it to: Atwood's entomologist father Carl establisjed the Great Lakes Forestry Centre in Sault Ste. Marie. It's most famous alum is Roberta Bondar, Canada's 1st woman in space who worked in entomology labs in high school and during university
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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 09/04/2026
"The fact that there is no current consensus of biological sex is not antithetical to science... However, the field urgently needs an ethical and reproducible approach for discussing sex" There is No Consensus on Biological Sex
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There is No Consensus on Biological Sex
At this critical moment when misinformation about sex is being applied to policy globally, scientific clarification on the definition of biological sex is valuable. Here, we evaluate the primary…
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Dr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA
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John Tuthill @tuthill.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I am thrilled to be able to work with @kemarshall.bsky.social (Canada), Sebastian Brauchi (Chile), and Xubiao Peng (China) to understand biophysical mechanisms of neuromuscular function in the cold. Science transcends borders. I love that HFSP makes that a requirement for these grants. 🌍
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CSZ-SCZ Official @csz-sczofficial.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Abstract Submission and Early Bird Registration for 2026 CSZ Ottawa has been extended to March 9th!! See link below: La soumission des résumés et l'inscription anticipée pour la CSZ Ottawa 2026 ont été prolongées jusqu'au 9 mars ! Voir le lien ci-dessous: www.csz2026.ca
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CSZ 2026
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Katie Marshall @kemarshall.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Devastated to hear that Alan Wilson has recently passed while doing fieldwork. I was lucky to meet him last fall when he visited UBC. He was known for his amazing work on the athletic performance of mammals. www.rvc.ac.uk/about/our-pe...
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David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Regrettably, I have decided to decommission SimpleMappr, www.simplemappr.net on September 1, 2026. You may read about its origins, what others have accomplished in its 18 year run, and the reasons why I must turn it off in a document I wrote last night bit.ly/simplemappr.
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SimpleMappr
Create free point maps for publications and presentations
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Katie Marshall @kemarshall.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
📣 Join us - we’re hiring an engagement officer for the CAN BON 🍁 initiative! An effort to transform Canada’s capacity to mobilize its knowledge about the changing state of nature. See the job posting here👇 www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
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📣 We are hiring! Please share far and wide... I am seeking an Engagement Officer to support the emergence of a Canadian Biodiversity Observation Network (CAN BON). This position is a unique… | Andrew ...
📣 We are hiring! Please share far and wide... I am seeking an Engagement Officer to support the emergence of a Canadian Biodiversity Observation Network (CAN BON). This position is a unique opportunit...
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Katie Marshall @kemarshall.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Thinking about what the UBC Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre has said: irshdc.ubc.ca/2025/12/03/t...
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UBC
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Katie Marshall @kemarshall.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
So excited to be in this great company :)
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Happy New Year to all of our authors and readers Issue 24 of issue 228 has closed and issue 1 of volume 229 has opened The front cover, marking the end of @biologists.bsky.social #biologists100, features members of the JEB community journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22...
Front cover of Journal of Experimental Biology, volume 228, issue 24. The cover shows 63 photos (arranged in 7 rows) of members of the JEB community, including our Academic Editors, members of our Editorial Advisory Board and the in-house team of administrators and editors at our Editorial Office in Cambridge, UK. The Company of Biologists 100 logo is in the bottom left corner.
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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Over the holiday, while folks were on well-deserved breaks, our new book was released! Mentoring writers is hard - we can make it easier for you. Please help spread the word - repost this, tell your colleagues, etc. scientistseessquirre... 1/2
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Teaching and Mentoring Writers in the Sciences: An Evidence-Based Approach
Scientific writing is hard (but my book can help) – but teaching scientific writing is even harder. Nearly all of us teach writing – sometimes in a formal classroom setting, sometimes as advisors t…
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Michael Le Page @mjflepage.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
The @newscientist.com editor asked reporters what their favourite stories were this year, so I thought I'd post some of mine 1/
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
We have 526 scientists signed up for spring semester. We try to get that to about 1000 scientists before unleashing the teachers on the database. Wanna connect a class of kids with science this spring? Sign up!
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Katie Marshall @kemarshall.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Coyote access only!
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Katie Marshall @kemarshall.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
I just found out my institution's library charges for interlibrary loans (including electronic delivery)?! services.library.ubc.ca/borrowing-se... Does anyone else's institution do this?
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UBC
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Katie Marshall @kemarshall.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
I'll take "Things that only happen in my hometown" for $200: www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar...
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Runaway horse and buggy stopped safely in Elmira thanks to pair of quick-thinking mothers
The Waterloo Regional Police Service thanked the two women for calling 911 and guiding responders to the buggy, writing on social media: “Two moms, one runaway buggy and a horse determined to hoof it ...
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Pedro Peres-Neto @comecology.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Did you publish with researchers outside your lab during grad school? Or published as faculty with a student not under your supervision? I’m collecting examples of cross-lab collaboration in graduate training. Please share your experience & this post! Repository: bit.ly/4pT66BE
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Françoise Baylis @francoisebaylis.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
On Oct 1 the Standing Committee on Science and Research passed an egregious motion calling for the disclosure of disaggregated data for research applications to federal granting council from 2020-2025. On Oct 20 they amended the timeframe to 2000-2025. @picardonhealth.bsky.social
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UBC News @news.ubc.ca · 18/09/2025
Want to fend off wasps? Buy a fake wasp nest and hang it near where you want to spend time outside, says @kemarshall.bsky.social via @chatelainemag.bsky.social chatelaine.com/environment/...
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What You Can Do To Make Wasps Less Annoying - Chatelaine
Yes, your first inclination may be to kill them. But they actually do serve a purpose.
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UBC News @news.ubc.ca · 04/09/2025
“That ability to sting is really a defensive mechanism in this cruel world. Imagine there’s this giant that’s like 100 times bigger than you, and it’s swatting you.” @kemarshall.bsky.social helps @thewalrus.ca see the world through the eyes of a wasp
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Donna Giberson (Elbows UP!) 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @donnag.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Ctr for Biodiv Genomics (Guelph) is hiring 10 entomologists (mostly post-docs) to help improve identifications on barcoded material: 2-yr appts, salary range CAD $62,500-$70,000. graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca/postdoctoral... See posting for specific taxonomic gps preferred.
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Arthropod Taxonomic Specialists (10 positions) | Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies
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John M. Drake @jdrakephd.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I spoke with Kari Jordan and Erin Becker of The Carpentries about why they declined a $1.5M NSF grant intended to expand data science training. Their decision highlights the growing intersection of #science, #DEI, and federal policy. Read the full story on Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
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Nonprofit Refuses $1.5M Science Grant Due To New Federal DEI Rules
A coding nonprofit turned down a $1.5M NSF grant after new DEI restrictions, highlighting the clash between federal policy and scientific community values.
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
My team has updated our free database of POSTDOC fellowships. This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria. Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
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Katie Marshall @kemarshall.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Enter to win a free open access waiver to a @cdnsciencepub.com journal! Your paper doesn't even have to be about moose :) info.cdnsciencepub.com/your-researc...
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Publish in Canada
Proudly Canadian and not-for-profit, we're an independent publisher committed to advancing scientific excellence through openness, ethics, and collaboration.
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Canadian Science Publishing @cdnsciencepub.com · 11/08/2025
@canjzoology.bsky.social is seeking #ECRs to join its editorial board as Associate Editors! Gain hands-on experience with #peerreview, contribute to journal development, and connect with leaders in the field. Apply by Aug 15 ▶️ buff.ly/QGdDC1k #AcademicSky #SciComm 🧪 #AcWri #PHDSky #ScholComms
Social card featuring bird for the Canadian Journal of Zoology Call for Applications: Early Career Researcher Associate Editor.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 07/08/2025
There’s been a burst of science news in the past few days—the science-stopping kind. 1/6 🧵
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Katie Marshall @kemarshall.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
US scientific chaos is having ripple effects in Canada too: www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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U.S. science funding uncertainty reshapes grad school choices for Canadians | CBC News
Thousands of Canadians go to the U.S. for graduate school every year. Now, uncertainty around science funding — from cuts and freezes announced by the Trump administration — mean some U.S. universitie...
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
New paper from us describing the detection and delimitation of emerald ash borer in Vancouver, Canada. www.reabic.net/journals/bir... (first article) #Bioinvasions 1/6
The trunk of an ash tree with many emerald ash borer galleries
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Katie Marshall @kemarshall.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Congratulations @science.ubc.ca @zoology.ubc.ca student @jesslli.bsky.social on an awesome writeup!
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Katie Marshall @kemarshall.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
@jexpbiol.bsky.social ECR spotlight of @science.ubc.ca PhD Candidate @jesslli.bsky.social talking about life as a graduate student: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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ECR Spotlight – Jessica Li
ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career res...
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Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
#MetabolismMondays Meet @karinburg.bsky.social, #newPI at @cupress.bsky.social, alumni from @fascinatingpupa.bsky.social and @kemarshall.bsky.social - talking about metabolic adaptation in unique models like #butterflies and #budworms. #theNodeCorrespondents #ecr @the-node.bsky.social #evodevo
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The Season's Script: Tales of Metabolic adaptation #MetabolismMondays - the Node
All the world's a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism Dr. Karin van der Burg, faculty,
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Katie Marshall @kemarshall.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
So cool to see Jess' very first paper out!!! She did so much work on this and found that scaling in baby ground squirrels does not work at ALL like you'd expect.
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Katie Marshall @kemarshall.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Had a wonderful time at McGill Department of Biology today! Thank you Ehab Abouheif for being a wonderful host!
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Katie Marshall @kemarshall.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
My heart goes out to the family and friends of Rahul Ranwa. What a tragedy. www.nsnews.com/highlights/w...
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'Worst fears': International student drowns off Vancouver's Wreck Beach
Rahul Ranwa had yelled for help after struggling to swim in the ocean. He was found dead the next day.
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Katie Marshall @kemarshall.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
The @bccla.bsky.social has said everything that is need to be said about that awful anti-DEI lawsuit against UBC. "...their interpretation of “political” is ultimately self-defeating. Acknowledging that you are on unceded land is no more political than refusing to do so." bccla.org/2025/04/ubc-...
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UBC Profs’ perverse interpretation of the University Act lays bare a hidden agenda  - BC Civil Liberties Association
Universities are a crucial social space of free expression, exchange of ideas, and academic debate.  Universities are not meant to be sanitized from political thought or discourse. The recent lawsuit ...
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ISEPEP10 @isepep10.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Exciting news! Registration and abstract submission are now open! We look forward to hosting you in Vancouver: isepep10.ca
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ISEPEP 10 – July 14-17, 2025Toggle Menu
Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, UBC
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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 05/04/2025
Please read this. 🧪
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AAUP @aaup.org · 01/04/2025
A flyer you can distribute on how to handle ICE if they come to your campus:
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